Index of Opera Roles

This index includes the principal roles in some 269 operas and the singers who created them.

Abbreviations: a - alto; b - bass; bb - bass-baritone; bt - baritone; ct - countertenor; hc - haute-contre; ms - mezzo-soprano; s - soprano; sp - spoken role; t - tenor; tr - treble

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Q

Role

Voice

Opera

Composer

Singer

Queen

s

Hamlet

Thomas

Pauline Guéymard-Lauters

Queen

s

Psyché

Lully

Mlle de Saint-Christophle

Queen Isabella

s

Una cosa rara

Martín y Soler

Luisa Laschi

Queen of Night

s

Die Zauberflöte

Mozart

Josepha Hofer

Queen of Sheba

s

Die Königin von Saba

Goldmark

Amalie Materna

Quichotte, Don

b

Don Quichotte

Massenet

Fyodor Chaliapin

Quickly, Mistress

ms

Falstaff

Verdi

Giuseppina Pasqua

Quintus Fabius

s

Quinto Fabio

Bertoni

Gasparo Pacchierotti

Quixote, Don

b/bt

El retablo de maese Pedro

Falla

Hector Dufranne


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